Item 3. PAST CONTACTS, TRANSACTIONS, NEGOTIATIONS AND AGREEMENTS
Item 3 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
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The paragraph below is added to Item 3 as a new paragraph following the first paragraph under the heading
Item 3. Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements: |
As of July 24, 2024, the
Independent Transaction Committee has not been disbanded and remains vested with the power to manage and supervise a process to evaluate the Transactions and alternative business proposals aimed at furthering the sustainable success of the
Companys business and creating long-term value for the Companys shareholders and other stakeholders. The members of the Independent Transaction Committee were not specifically compensated for their role on the committee.
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The paragraph below is added to Item 3 following the last paragraph under the heading Employment
Arrangements with Executive Officers: |
Post-Transaction Employment and Other Arrangements
As of July 24, 2024, neither the Company, on the one hand, nor Parent or Purchaser, on the other hand, has entered into any agreements,
arrangements or understandings with the Companys executive officers in connection with their employment following the consummation of the Transactions, other than Purchasers agreement in the Transaction Framework Agreement that, for a
period of 24 months following the Delisting, there would be no material redundancies with respect to the workforce of the Company and its subsidiaries as a direct consequence of the Transactions without the prior approval of the Board and the
affirmative vote of at least two Disinterested Directors.
Item 4. THE SOLICITATION OR RECOMMENDATION.
Item 4 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
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The following bold and underlined language is added to, and the struck through language is removed from,
Item 4 under the heading Opinion of the Independent Transaction Committees Financial Advisor on pages 35-36 of the Schedule 14D-9: |
Unless the context indicates otherwise, Enterprise Values derived from the selected companies analysis described below were calculated using
the closing price of the common stock of the selected publicly traded companies in the EU and U.S.-listed electric vehicle charging and infrastructure services industry listed below as of market close on June 14, 2024.
Accordingly, this information may not reflect current or future market conditions.
In addition, unless otherwise indicated, (i) per
share amounts for the Shares were calculated on a fully diluted basis, using the treasury stock method, based on shares, employee options and Company restricted stock units 271,010,790 shares
outstanding as of December 31, 2023, as reported in the Companys Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed with the SEC on May 16, 2024, with a dilutive effect from 5,900,000 options with a strike price of EUR 0.12 per share and
500,000 of restricted stock units, as provided by the management of the Company and (ii) Enterprise Value for the Company was calculated using estimated cash of approximately EUR 45 million and approximately EUR 434 million of
debt, each as of December 31, 2023 and was further adjusted for EUR 1 million of pension liabilities and minority interests as of such date. Accordingly, this information may not reflect current or future market conditions.
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis. UBS performed a discounted cash flow analysis of the Company on a standalone basis using the financial
forecasts and estimates of the Company, which the Independent Transaction Committee directed UBS to utilize for purposes of its analysis, as provided to UBS by management of the Company as of June 14, 2024. UBS calculated a range of implied
present values of
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